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Lasch is a populist. Though his argument is far more complex, post WWII capitalism = bad. Corporate capitalism’s elites have subverted reality and bear direct responsibility for the therapeutic culture of the present day.

Too much Freud and psycho-analysis in the last couple of chapters.

‘The atrophy of older traditions of self-help has eroded everyday competence, in one area after another, and has made the individual dependent on the state, the corporation, and other bureaucracies’ (18-9), such that ‘men and women no longer manage even to raise their children well without the help of certified experts’, in one example.